| 00:00:06 | NORTH: I've put great value in the truth. I came here to tell it. |
| 00:00:09 | So, that was -- that would be a reason not to put forward this version of the facts? |
| 00:00:21 | NORTH: The truth would be a reason not to put forward that version of the facts, but as I indicated to you a moment ago, I put great value on the lives of the American hostages. I worked hard to bring back as many as we could. I put great value in the possibility that we could -- |
| 00:00:40 | We'll get back to that -- |
| 00:00:42 | NORTH: -- have ended the Iran-Iraq War, |
| 00:00:43 | Let him finish, counsel. |
| 00:00:44 | NORTH: -- and that we had established for the first time a direct contact with people inside Iran who might be able to assist us in the strategic reopening, and who were at great risk if they were exposed. And, so, yes, I put great value in the truth, and as I said, I came here to tell it. But, I also put great value on human life, and I put great value on that second, second channel, who was at risk. |
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